PocketFives Rankings Update: Sheater First #1 Ranked Player from Sweden

Dan · December 27, 2013

History was made on Christmas, as Sheaterbecame the first Swede ever to ascend to the #1 spot worldwide. He became the third #1 ranked player in the last six weeks, capping off what has been a very mercurial 2013 in the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings.

Sheater rose from #2 to #1 this week on the strength of a deep run in a PokerStars WCOOP Challenge event six days ago for $8,200 and a final table in a $109 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Cubed on the same site for $17,000 on December 15. He has two tracked wins in December and paces the PLB race by 170 points.

Second place worldwide belongs to Chris Big Huni Hunichen, who rose seven spots on the week. Hunichen, who calls Costa Rica home, was the runner-up in the PokerStars $109 No Limit Hold’em Turbo 2X Chance five days ago for $10,000 and won the Super Tuesday on December 17 for over $100,000 officially. The latter victory was worth 738 PLB Points, enough to catapult him up the leaderboard. This is Hunichen’s highest position ever in the PocketFives Rankings.

Impressively, five players from Sweden are in the top 10. The European nation has been on an absolute tear as of late and sits comfortably in second place worldwide in the PocketFives Country Poker Rankings. Here’s a look at the group of five, along with the worldwide ranking for each:

1. Sheater– He calls Goteborg home and has $4.1 million in lifetime tracked cashes in his profile. He plays on PokerStars as “gnetaren” and on Full Tilt as “O Shark Eater O”.

3. lukethafluke – He stood pat at #3 worldwide this week and is the top ranked player in Stockholm. In the real world, he goes by Lukas Berglund and took 15th in a WCOOP Challenge event for $20,000 on December 22.

8. lena900 – Owns his highest worldwide ranking ever and is just $60,000 shy of passing $2 million lifetime. December 22 was a big day for lena900, who won the Full Tilt T-Rex and PokerStars $215 No Limit Hold’em Turbo 2X Chance for nearly $45,000 combined. The Swede jumped 24 spots in the Rankings this week to settle at #8 worldwide.

9. Smeckten(pictured) – The #1 ranked player in Skane Lan, Smeckten took down the WinamaxHigh Roller on the first day of December and pocketed $15,000 in cash along with 270 PLB Points. Read our interview with Smeckten.

10. inhoo – The top ranked player in Gothenburg, inhoo finished fourth in the Full Tilt Super Sized Sunday over the weekend for $15,000. He took second in an FTOPS Two-Day event three weeks ago for a colossal $162,000.

Congrats to Sweden on its global domination. Here are the top ten players worldwide this week, along with the PLB score for each:

1. Sheater– 7,707 points
2. Big Huni – 7,540 points
3. lukethafluke– 7,477 points
4. mindgamer – 7,434 points
5. moorman1 – 7,384 points
6. brianm15 – 7,185 points
7. Vinkyy – 7,092 points
8. lena900– 7,051 points
9. Smeckten– 6,964 points
10. inhoo– 6,958 points